"Fighting is not what I'm good at."
"Isn't this the Imperial Master's embarrassment?"
"How can we defeat those rough guys? Aren't we just humiliating ourselves?"
For a moment, these fifteen hundred scholars were as anxious as ants on a hot pot, running around and discussing in private.
Seeing this, Li Jinglong came over, looked at Li Xiao and said: "National Master, it is impossible for these scholars to win. The soldiers of Cixi Guard are all trained in daily training and work on the farm on weekdays. Regardless of physical strength, endurance, formation and distance, If they are not comparable to this group of talented people, they have special skills and different people, why should they be humiliated?"
"Just let them suffer a little bit."
Li Xiao smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether they win or not. The main thing is to train their courage. If they are afraid of this, wouldn't all the courage training before be in vain?"
Li Jinglong nodded slightly, feeling that it made sense, so he stood aside and watched the changes.
Almost a quarter of an hour passed, and the scholars were discussing various topics.
After this month of training, they have become more courageous. Although they feel that they are invincible, the Imperial Master must also be training them for him. How can they live up to the Imperial Master's good intentions?
"National Master, I'll join in soon!"
The scholars bowed their hands towards Li Xiao in unison.
"Good, very good!"
Li Xiao smiled and said: "My national division did not misjudge you. In that case, the competition will officially start tomorrow and will last for one month. This competition is called the King of Glory Tournament. You all go back to rest. Our national division will arrange the venue and the competition will officially start tomorrow."
Li Xiao has long wanted to play a live game of King of Glory. Now that there are so many people here, he can just form it, and at the same time, he can train talents, killing two birds with one stone, educating and having fun.
"Come here and hand out the game map and rules."
Li Xiao waved his hand and ordered, and then his servants immediately came to distribute them.
Li Jinglong also received one. After reading it, he was completely stunned.
It turns out that it is not an ordinary competition, but there are rules.
This map shows three roads, the upper road, the middle road, and the lower road, each with a defense tower.
There are Chu River and Han realms in the middle, as well as obstacles that can be communicated with each other. They must be used for surprise attacks. This is not just a competition of fighting, but also a competition of strategies.
The base camps on both sides each have a barracks.
Not all 1,500 people showed up at the beginning.
The rules say that every two quarters of an hour, the contestants can separate twenty soldiers from the upper, middle and lower routes.
Three barracks equals sixty soldiers, which means a total of twenty-five waves of soldiers can be sent out.
The two sides are divided into blue side and red side, each with red and blue crystals. As long as the crystals are broken, the final victory will be achieved.
After Li Jinglong read it, he said happily: "National Master, this competition is so interesting. It makes me want to participate."
Li Xiao laughed: "Jinglong, you are like a god with your troops. If we participate, do these talented people still have a chance of winning?"
Li Jinglong smiled awkwardly.
Li Xiao smiled and said: "Don't worry, when the competition is about to end, you and I can participate together, okay?"
Li Jinglong said: "Very good."
At this time, Xia He, one of the twelve generals of Li Xiao's Tianmen, walked over. There were four daughters beside her, including Li Jinglong's daughter Li Ruxin.
Xia He bowed slightly and said, "Master, what are your orders?"
Li Xiaodao: "Are you ready with the venue equipment and materials I asked you to prepare a few days ago?"
Xia He said: "We are ready, just waiting for the master's instructions."
Li Xiao nodded: "Okay, let's start setting up the venue now, and I'll call someone to help you."
After speaking, Li Xiao looked at Li Jinglong and ordered: "Mr. Cao Guo, please select 1,500 people as candidates for the competition. Let them go back to rest and study the rules. The remaining 3,000 soldiers will arrange the venue."
After receiving the task, Li Jinglong immediately went to complete it.
That's it.
The venue layout is in full swing.
Xia He, the wood general, was a carpenter who was personally taught the craftsmanship by Li Xiao. Even the minister of the Ministry of Industry was not as good as her, and his ability was comparable to that of Lu Ban when he was still alive.
The entire school grounds began to be decorated.
The first is the construction of the red and blue crystals and barracks of the base camp on both sides.
The red and blue crystal is not a real crystal, but a wooden structure.
Similar to a sculpture made of building blocks, this structure only needs to withstand a certain number of hits before it falls apart into a pile of wooden blocks.
But it can be reassembled and used again and again.
In the same way, the same is true for the barracks on the upper, middle and lower roads. They are all wooden building block structures and will collapse after a certain amount of blows.
Then there are the watchtowers. There are three watchtowers on both sides.
On the watchtower, there is a small platform where people can stand.
Xia He built a repeating crossbow gun. This crossbow gun has a large box for bows and arrows, and a crank handle. As long as the crank handle can be rotated continuously, the crossbow gun can fire continuously.
As long as someone stands up and controls it, they can continuously shoot the enemy soldiers with the crossbow.
But it is a competition after all, so the force of this crossbow is not very strong, and the arrows shot out have arrow shafts without arrows.
The watchtower has a very long range. If you want to break through the defense line, you must pass through the watchtower.
Therefore, the early stage of this game revolves around how to breach the enemy's watchtower.
In the same way, this watchtower also has a device. As long as it withstands a certain level of knocking attack, the mechanism will be triggered.
Then the crossbow arrows above will be ineffective, unable to shoot arrows, and the tower will become useless.
In order to maintain fairness, the personnel on the watchtower did not use scholars. Instead, eighteen archers were selected from the army as neutral characters.
Then, there are many trenches separated by wooden boards on the map to block the line of sight and add some interest to the game.
The next day, early morning.
When the 1,500 scholars and 1,500 soldiers who participated in the competition arrived at the school, they were all stunned.
The school grounds have changed drastically, almost exactly the same as the map I got yesterday.
Overnight, it was arranged so well.
In addition, wooden weapons are also placed everywhere.
There are bows and arrows, swords, knives, shields, and spears respectively.
The rules of the competition are the same as those of martial arts. If your body is slashed twice with a knife, stabbed twice with a spear, or hit by two arrows from a bow, you will automatically quit.
"Oh my God, this is so interesting."
When the scholars saw this scene and this weapon, they immediately found it particularly interesting! !
They are literati and like to write and write.
And what do literati like to write most?
What is written is heroic spirit and poetry on the battlefield of Ao.
Which literati doesn’t have a heroic dream?
But now, it is so interesting to let them truly experience the battlefield deployment of troops without risking their lives!
A scholar rushed over first, took out a wooden sword, waved it in the air a few times, and then laughed loudly: "I have traveled three thousand miles to fight, and my sword has served as a million soldiers. I am here today, so why worry about being victorious?" "
Another scholar took a sword, then raised his head to the sky and screamed, touched his beard, his eyes were sharp: "I drunkenly chopped the long whale with the sword leaning on the sky, and laughed at the roaring waves to feed the Sichuan boat. Today, I will use the three-foot green blade in my hand, Defeat tens of thousands of enemies!"
Immediately afterwards, another scholar also held a sword and looked towards the sky. With one hand he was practicing the sword technique and with the other he pointed at the sky. "Looking north to the stars and holding up the sword, you will grow up to be a worry for the country."
Another scholar picked up his sword and shouted: "Here comes the sword! Watch me open the gate of heaven with one sword!"
Not to be outdone, a scholar said: "Look at the cold light of my sword in the Nineteen States!"
Another scholar picked up the wooden sword, made a cool gesture, and said calmly: "Kill a person in ten steps, leave no trace for a thousand miles, brush off your clothes when the matter is over, and hide your body and name."
After saying that, he stroked his sleeves.
There is also a scholar holding his beard, with an indifferent temperament: "I have sharpened a sword for ten years, but the frost blade has not been tested. Today I show you, who will be unfair?"
"Lift the three-foot sword to conquer the four seas!"
"Look at me, one man is in charge, and no one can stop me!"
"Watch me break the sky with one sword!"
"I am the one who will rule forever!"
"I will destroy the avenue!"
The scholars were all high-spirited and holding wooden swords. They felt that the whole world belonged to them, and they could go anywhere and look at everything.
"Ha ha ha ha."
When the Cixi Guard soldiers on the red side saw the scene on the opposite side, they couldn't help but sneer and laugh:
"We're laughing so hard. Are you here to compete, or are you here to draw poetry?"
"Wait a minute, don't let us beat you until you can't find the north."
"You can break the sky with one sword. Let me see if you break one."
The soldiers of Cixi Guard laughed and began to choose weapons.
There were twenty people in a group. The other five soldiers in the front row chose wooden shields and wooden knives, and the rest all held long spears.
At this moment.
Yu Qian was choosing a weapon. He had read military books since he was a child and knew that every inch was stronger on the battlefield. He took the spear without hesitation.
After choosing the weapon, Yu Qian turned around and felt something was wrong.
The scholars here all choose wooden swords.
As a result, the wooden swords here were not enough, and many people went to the weapons warehouse opposite to get wooden swords.
"Brothers, listen to me."
Yu Qian raised his voice and shouted: "Everyone should change their weapons to long spears. Don't use swords. They are too short and are not good for fighting the enemy. They cannot stab people."
A scholar said disdainfully: "You know nothing. The sword is the first of all weapons. It moves gracefully and gracefully. Look at my coquettish position."
After saying that, he swayed left and right, thrust out a sword to demonstrate, raised his head towards Yu Qian, and said, "Do you understand? This is a superior sword technique. Do you want to learn it? I'll teach you."
Yu Qian: "."
Others also did the same. No one paid attention to Yu Qian. He picked up the sword and made gestures in his hands. Indeed, many people had learned a few sword skills, just like that.
"After choosing your weapons, please get in your positions. The game is about to begin!"
At this time, the referee's voice sounded.
Li Xiao selected more than 200 referees for this game, observing from the sidelines at all times and setting up a scoreboard.
In addition to the victory or defeat of both sides on the scoreboard, everyone is also labeled with numbers from 1-1500.
If someone is killed or killed, it will be recorded on the board.
This is to arouse everyone's competitive spirit and make everyone move towards victory.
Dong dong dong dong dong——
The war drums sounded and the game officially began.
Twenty soldiers came out of each of the three barracks on both sides.
The soldiers of Cixi Guard on the red side are very normal. They form a small square formation of twenty people and start from the upper, middle and lower roads.
As for the blue scholars, sixty "swordsmen" appeared.
The two sides are heading towards each other and are about to meet.
Outside the school grounds, there is also a high platform.
Li Xiao and Li Jinglong were watching from the high platform at this moment.
"National Master, this sword is not good for the battlefield, why are there so many wooden swords made?"
When Li Jinglong saw sixty swordsmen appearing on the blue battlefield, he was so shocked that he almost peed with laughter.
Li Xiao said with a smile: "Practice brings out the truth. Only when these scholars have experienced setbacks can they understand these truths."
Li Jinglong said with emotion: "The Imperial Master is really well-intentioned."
After saying that, the two looked towards the competition site.
Good guy.
As soon as the two soldiers met, the scholar holding the sword was stabbed into a muggle.
The length of the sword is completely incomparable to the length of the spear.
If fighting alone, the person holding the sword can still get close with his sword skills.
But a spear formation composed of twenty people, with more than a dozen spearheads thrust towards them, was so close that they could only run away with their heads in their hands.
Soon, the red and blue soldiers in the middle met for the first time.
The scholars found that with a dozen spears coming across, they could not get close at all.
This sword can't penetrate either.
Although it only takes two stabs, the opponent will be eliminated.
But this eight-foot distance is as insurmountable as a ravine.
"No, these people are so cunning. They actually formed a formation. We can't get close at all. This sword is too short."
"Hmph, they formed a formation. Can't we form a formation?"
"It makes sense, everyone will follow me to form the Immortal Killing Sword Formation!"
"How to set it up? Please teach me."
"Neither can I. Which of you can?"
"You've read too much in the newspapers, so it's a story made up by someone from the newspaper."
All of a sudden, the scholars panicked and kept retreating.
As soon as they retreated, twenty people collided with each other, causing chaos again.
The Cixi Guard soldiers on the red side came over with their spears and eliminated several people in an instant.
The situation is very bad.
A scholar asked: "No, what should we do if we lose our troops and generals?"
A scholar said: "Use the sword!"
Scholars: "A sword?"
"Yes! Kill the enemy with your sword!"
But he saw the scholar holding a wooden sword and throwing it directly on the spot. With this sudden throw, he unexpectedly hit a person.
That person only needs one more blow to be eliminated.
"Understood, brothers, use the sword!"
When other scholars saw this, they fired their swords one after another.
Swish swish——
More than a dozen scholars threw their swords directly in an attempt to hit someone.
"Form a shield array!"
The soldiers of the Cixi Guard on the red side didn't react just now. They didn't expect someone to throw their swords over and were hit. Now they reacted, and the five shield soldiers immediately used their shields to resist, blocking all the wooden swords.
"Brothers, these fools have lost their weapons, kill them quickly."
The red soldier commanded with a small flag, and then everyone picked up their spears and accelerated their pace, pressing forward step by step.
"Oops, the attack was neutralized. Not even a single soldier was killed. We don't have any weapons now. What should we do?" A scholar asked in horror.
A scholar said: "I have a plan!"
All the scholars looked over: "What's the plan?"
The scholar said: "Go to the right position to plan!"
After saying that, the first one ran away.
When the others saw this, they also ran away.
The red soldiers behind them chased and stabbed them.
"Oh, brother, don't poke me there!"
"If you have something to say, don't make random comments."
"Leave a little bit of a sec in your life so that we can meet again in the future!"
The scholars were stabbed so hard that they fled in panic. In the blink of an eye, there were only seven or eight people left in the first wave of twenty people.
"Yes, there is a watchtower!"
The remaining scholars discovered their watchtower, their eyes lit up, and they all ran to the foot of the tower.
The soldiers on the watchtower saw that the enemy had entered the shooting range, and began to shake the rocker of the crossbow. The crossbow arrows were fired one after another, and three people were eliminated immediately.
Seeing this, the scholars standing under the tower laughed loudly, "Come here, aren't you very arrogant?"
"Get out, what's the point of hiding under the tower?"
The Cixi Guard soldiers on the red side immediately mocked.
I want to lure these talents out of the tower and then kill them.
After all, you can get points by killing, so who doesn’t want to have higher points?
"Hehe, we can't get out of here, if we can, we can attack here!"
The scholars didn't even have weapons at this time, so how could they come out? They all huddled under the tower and couldn't get out.
"Captain, these talents are too cowardly, what should we do now?"
Cixi Guards soldiers asked.
Xiao Qi, who acted as the captain, smiled and said: "Can they hide for a while or for a lifetime? Get out of the shooting range of the defense tower first. We will wait for the next wave of soldiers to come over and push the tower down together."
"What a plan."
The soldiers immediately began to retreat, pushed outside the tower, and began to wait patiently.
I thought I needed to wait for the next wave of soldiers to arrive.
As a result, Cixi Guard soldiers from both sides came running over.
The captain of the middle road asked strangely: "Why are you here?"
The captain of the top lane shouted: "Captain of the middle lane, the scholar on the top lane was beaten under the tower by us and couldn't come out, so he just came to the middle lane."
The captain of the bottom lane said: "The same is true for the bottom lane. Those scholars huddled under the tower and did not dare to fight. Since we are all three lanes, we simply worked together to push the middle lane."
The captain of the middle road said: "You are here, aren't the upper and lower roads empty?"
The captain of the bottom lane smiled and said: "Anyway, we only need to push down the crystal to win. Why can't we push it down in the first wave of soldiers? This will increase the score. The earlier we push, the more points we will score. On both sides, we The soldiers are coming out soon. One wave of soldiers can at least block three waves of these scholars, so don’t worry."
The captain of the middle route thought for a while and thought it made sense, so he commanded: "Okay, let's attack in three directions and attack the middle route directly, because this route is the shortest and the next wave of soldiers will come to support the fastest."
After that, he directed three groups of soldiers to attack the defense tower.
Three groups of shield soldiers formed a shield array and kept approaching.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the scholars in the middle shouted: "You are so shameless. How can the soldiers from the upper and lower lanes come to the middle?"
"Is there a rule that says you can't come?"
The soldiers of Cixi Guard laughed, as if they saw a group of clowns.
"Oops, it seems there is no such rule."
One scholar felt bad and said: "Brothers, if we want to stop them, even if we can't stop them, we must at least find a way to kill some people. Otherwise, there will be more and more people in the middle of the opponent's lane, and we will definitely lose."
The scholars shouted: "It makes sense. Protect our watchtower. Once the watchtower is destroyed, we will have fewer means!"
Later, the scholars came forward!
But I just finished saying this.
The Cixi Guard soldiers from the red side had arrived under the defense tower and stabbed several people to death with their spears.
"Oops, this tower can't be defended."
The scholars abandoned the tower and fled, running from the second tower to the first tower.
One tower was quickly breached.
At this time, the second wave of soldiers also set off and quickly gathered together.
The scholars ran from the first tower to the highland tower again.
As time passed, two waves of more than seventy red soldiers attacked the highland tower.
Soon, the Highland Tower also collapsed.
"Brothers, protect our crystal and never retreat!"
The scholars were about to lose, and three soldiers gathered at the crystal to try to stop them.
At least, for now, their strength is the advantage.
Because the soldiers of the red side Cixi Guards on the upper and lower routes who had just set off did not know the situation in the middle route, they did not come to support them.
The soldiers on the upper and lower sides of the red side were also a little puzzled.
Why are there no soldiers on the other side to defend the upper and lower routes?
What they didn't know was that the scholars were blocked on the high ground and couldn't get out.
"Brothers, destroy them and break the crystal."
There were about seventy soldiers from the Cixi Guard, and more than two hundred people gathered on the Lanfang Highlands.
But because they were holding swords, they couldn't defeat the soldiers holding spears. In a short time, they were all eliminated.
Bang bang bang bang——
The crystal structure withstood a series of blows that triggered its mechanisms and was quickly broken apart.
The crystal is pushed, which means the game is over.
Dong dong dong——
The final drums sounded.
"The red side wins!"
Just like that, the Cixi Guard soldiers pushed all the way and ended the game.
After hearing the sound, the soldiers of Cixi Guard were completely stunned.
Their third wave of soldiers had just reached the halfway point, and the battle was over?
That's it, that's it? ?
Not satisfied yet.
(End of chapter)
